Paradyne 6800 User Manual
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Preparing the Printers
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6800-A2-GN22-30
January 1997
The system then prompts:
Would you like this to be the system default printer? (y/n)
TYPE: n
PRESS: Enter
The following messages appear:
Make sure that your host name appears in remote_host’s /etc/hosts equiv or
/etc/hosts.lpd file.
Make sure that remote_printer appears in remote_host’s /etc/printcap file
Make sure that remote_printer has a spool directory on remote_host
Putting remote_printer in printer description file and creating spool dir
Updating LP information . . . done
Updating /usr/spool/lp/default . . . done
The system then prompts as in Step 4. If you have more remote printers to configure, go to
Step 4.
8. If all remote printers have been configured,
TYPE: q
PRESS: Enter
9. Add the following line to the local processor’s /etc/hosts file for each remote printer server
processor with one or more remote printers:
IP-address remote_host_name
Where: IP-address is the internet address of the NMS host processor.
remote_host_name is the official name of the remote printer server processor.
NOTE
Remember that you must run rlpconf on the remote host to enter
the name of the printer in that system’s /etc/printcap file. Ensure that
the NMS host processor name is included in the remote processor’s
/etc/hosts.lpd and /etc/hosts files.
The entry in the /etc/hosts file is in the form:
IP_address local_host_name
The entry in the /etc/hosts.lpd file is in the form:
local_host_name